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-- thanks to bill clinton. we remember the patriot act, dick cheney. we remember september 11th happened on your watch, dick cheney and we remember the economic crash of 2008, the biggest, the worst economic drafter for this country since the great depression which came about because of your policies your policies and george w. bush's policies, dick cheney, and then he has the gall to say that barak obama's presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. you know what? i don't know about you. if there is anything, if there is anything that inspires us to get off of our butt and go out there and work as hard as we can to get barack obama re-elected, it's dick cheney. first of all, it's one of the -- sort after tradition, you look at george h.w. bush bill clinton, george w. bush, dan quayle, they basically they realized their time was up. they got moved to the sidelines and they just shut the hell up for the next four years. uh-uh. not dick cheney. not dick cheney. first of all, he ought to shut up
-- thanks to bill clinton. we remember the patriot act, dick cheney. we remember september 11th happened on your watch, dick cheney and we remember the economic crash of 2008, the biggest, the worst economic drafter for this country since the great depression which came about because of your policies your policies and george w. bush's policies, dick cheney, and then he has the gall to say that barak obama's presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. you know what? i don't...
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what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this.
what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a...
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was there yesterday. >> bill: and bill clinton. don't forget him. it is the "full court press" on wednesday september 12th. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio, and current tv. ♪ clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. unleashed, joy behar. >> on tonight's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really. but they're both on the show. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. ctive. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only
was there yesterday. >> bill: and bill clinton. don't forget him. it is the "full court press" on wednesday september 12th. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio, and current tv. ♪ clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. unleashed, joy behar. >> on tonight's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really. but they're both on the show. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle...
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new details out from the democratic national convention where bill clinton will have a major roll this year. president obama personally asked him to speak hoping to take advantage of his popularity and to remind voters of the last time the economy was driving, a democrat was in the white house. he is speaking september 5th, night before president obama formally accepts the nomination. on the republican side george bush has endorsed romney but he is not involved in the campaign and says he does not plan to attend the rnc. with less than 100 days left before the election candidates will work to win over independent voters. the president is campaigning at the hotel in new york city, over the weekend, the obama campaign hosted thousands of small events, including barbecues for barack. live in chat current.com/bill press. [ music ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and a
new details out from the democratic national convention where bill clinton will have a major roll this year. president obama personally asked him to speak hoping to take advantage of his popularity and to remind voters of the last time the economy was driving, a democrat was in the white house. he is speaking september 5th, night before president obama formally accepts the nomination. on the republican side george bush has endorsed romney but he is not involved in the campaign and says he does...
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remember we played you the sound of it yesterday with former president bill clinton talking about the fact that this was a real show of leadership. the president -- it was a tough decision for him to make but he made the right decision. we got the right results. republicans are saying it is terrible, they're exploiting this for political reporters. one of the reporters yesterday christie parsons from "the chicago tribune" asked whether there might have been too much ex-elsive celebration over this. the president said no, he you -- you haven't seen excessive celebration around here. take a look at what happened and what some of the people who are criticizing the obama administration today, what they said at the time. the president really, really tough. i loved it. here he is. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go in pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people be meant what they said when they said it. that's been at least my practice. i said that i would go after bin laden if we
remember we played you the sound of it yesterday with former president bill clinton talking about the fact that this was a real show of leadership. the president -- it was a tough decision for him to make but he made the right decision. we got the right results. republicans are saying it is terrible, they're exploiting this for political reporters. one of the reporters yesterday christie parsons from "the chicago tribune" asked whether there might have been too much ex-elsive...
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. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue becomes politicized hyperpartisan. >> john: you know, zeke, i'm not a democrat. and i'm pulling my hair out over the fact that these democrats are not pushing back on the benghazi issue at all. i've never seen a terrorist attack exploited for political gain -- well, since they used 9-11 to go into iraq -- seeing how this attack that killed four americans has been exploited to try to tear down a president. to smear this president. after in 2001, we were told united we stand. get behind the commander in chief. now this tragic attack that left four americans dead is being used to smear pretty much
. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue...
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clinton was, you just like the guy. >> i only met romney once and i have to tell you i found him stiff as a board. really, it was like talking to -- >> did he know who you were? >> i don't know if he did or not. it was like talking to cardboard. it was at the white house correspondent's dinner. it was awkward. he's awkward. >> to get to your question, the euro is the biggest trading zone to the united states. they buy more of our stuff than anybody else does. that's a real problem. if they're not doing well, it hurts the american economy pretty substantially, more than the chinese or typical ones you tend to think of. in addition, while a lot of the moan owed by the government is owed to european banks european banks in turn owe a lot of money to american banks. given the interdependence of those kind of things it would be hard for anybody to make the case that's what happening in europe doesn't have a financial impact. one of the basic inputs, g.d.p. is trade. if our biggest trading partner has got a cold, in this case the flu or maybe pneumonia we've got a problem. in some respects,
clinton was, you just like the guy. >> i only met romney once and i have to tell you i found him stiff as a board. really, it was like talking to -- >> did he know who you were? >> i don't know if he did or not. it was like talking to cardboard. it was at the white house correspondent's dinner. it was awkward. he's awkward. >> to get to your question, the euro is the biggest trading zone to the united states. they buy more of our stuff than anybody else does. that's a...
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many support voting against the video, including bill clinton. >> this is president bill clinton. i am calling you to urge to vote against amendment 1. >> i am going to be voting against it. >> the president recorded it leaders held a rally. progressive blogger pam spalding reports that the naacp lgbt and progressive groups are working together and that collaboration should continue beyond this particular fight. we have much more bill press coming up. you can join us online to talk about this and everything else at current.com/billpress. we will see you weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. >> ♪♪ >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> newt gingrich says it is inconceivable that mitt romney would ever pick him as his vice presidential running mate. what do you know? newt gingrich finally says something that makes sense. >> hello, everybody. a great big monday morning. good to see you tod
many support voting against the video, including bill clinton. >> this is president bill clinton. i am calling you to urge to vote against amendment 1. >> i am going to be voting against it. >> the president recorded it leaders held a rally. progressive blogger pam spalding reports that the naacp lgbt and progressive groups are working together and that collaboration should continue beyond this particular fight. we have much more bill press coming up. you can join us online to...
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it reminds me of the impeachment of bill clinton. again, what cleninton did was wrong. what clinton did was not fitting of a president of the united states. so he should have been reprimanded somehow or should have been scolded. whatever. but they have to take it at that time. they took it all the way. right? to this ken star in there writing this salacious report, all of these hearings, and then i am paetsch impeaching him and the senate trial where he was found not guilty. it ended up, bill clinton's stock went up higher and higher and higher with the american people because the republicans were over playing their hand. they are doing the same thing dodd with eric holder. again it all flared yesterday in this hearing of the senate judiciary committee where first of all on the leaks and republicans are tying these two together. the hearing was about the fast and furious the second item we will get to but republicans tie this leak investigation to it and they are apoplectic because eric holder will not appoint a special counsel. they want another ken star. they want ano
it reminds me of the impeachment of bill clinton. again, what cleninton did was wrong. what clinton did was not fitting of a president of the united states. so he should have been reprimanded somehow or should have been scolded. whatever. but they have to take it at that time. they took it all the way. right? to this ken star in there writing this salacious report, all of these hearings, and then i am paetsch impeaching him and the senate trial where he was found not guilty. it ended up, bill...
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i would like to think that bill clinton could get on a plane and make it all better. i'm not sure he could. good morning kathleen. >> caller: these four people got killed before they said that some words was taken out of a report. they talking about -- al-qaeda was taken out and should have been put in. but what about the words that bush and cheney spoke before thousands of people lost their lives? where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john: who? who? you mean shut up micah. >> caller: well, micah will sit there and act like she is scared. >> john: poo-poo, micah. thank god she was never married to ike turner because she never would have left. >> caller: we were still suffering from that lie that they told. >> john: yes! >> caller: where don't they get on that boo jazz! >> john: yes testify! jon mccain and lindsay graham love war. as long as it's someone else's kids going off to do it, they love war. and it makes them look tough when their own party has no use for them. they are use any arrow or their quiver to build this up. >
i would like to think that bill clinton could get on a plane and make it all better. i'm not sure he could. good morning kathleen. >> caller: these four people got killed before they said that some words was taken out of a report. they talking about -- al-qaeda was taken out and should have been put in. but what about the words that bush and cheney spoke before thousands of people lost their lives? where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john:...
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. >> under bill clinton, it was 45%, under george bush it was 63%. under, again policypomresident obama, now 93% and he pointed out that that's an average increase of 11.6% to those families making above $352,000 in income. the bottom 1% got like an $80 -- $80 increase. so it's gotten -- i mean, the gap, the gap keeps getting wider and wider and wider. i mean this is something that we have got to take seriously. >> it's an extraordinary thing. not only if you have a lot of money. romney when we paid attention to his tax returns, you know, earlier this year, it was kind of one of those classic lessons for a lot of people including my kids and i talked to them about it. it's a matter of fact if you have a lot of money, you make money off of money and you pay less taxes off of money you make off money because that's how the tax system works. that in itself benefits those who have a lot of money. i am sure one of the reasons this gap has grown that much more quickly is because the people on the other end of the spectrum are making less money for a whole
. >> under bill clinton, it was 45%, under george bush it was 63%. under, again policypomresident obama, now 93% and he pointed out that that's an average increase of 11.6% to those families making above $352,000 in income. the bottom 1% got like an $80 -- $80 increase. so it's gotten -- i mean, the gap, the gap keeps getting wider and wider and wider. i mean this is something that we have got to take seriously. >> it's an extraordinary thing. not only if you have a lot of money....
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the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s, republicans argue that helped the economy. it wasn't all just bill clinton and his tax rates. there are multiple sides to that coin. i think that you could kind of argue both sides there. >> bill: all right. well thank you steven for joining us. we don't argue both sides on this show. uh-huh. i think that eight years of bill clinton and 22 million new jobs and eight years of sustained economic growth speaks loudly and is all of the proof that we need. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i w
the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s,...
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the military is a large immovable object. >> bill: right. to be honest both you and i -- particularly you, i have been there when you have gone after robert gibbs and jay carney and the president not moving fast enough on some lbgt issues. so is the president a little late to the feast here? >> there were several governors, including andrew cuomo of new york and governor o'malley in maryland who were front and center on the marriage issue before the president, but -- and there are other issues. you look at workplace protections. >> bill: that's the one that i remember. >> 111th congress worked on getting don't ask don't tell passed. there were a lot of people who also wanted in addition to that repeal wanted to see congress act on the employment discrimination act and although the administration had endorsed that bill there was no real push beyond -- the understanding was you can get one basically, and so we're now in a split congress where there's no movement for it. so had there been quicker movement back then it's possible we would have a
the military is a large immovable object. >> bill: right. to be honest both you and i -- particularly you, i have been there when you have gone after robert gibbs and jay carney and the president not moving fast enough on some lbgt issues. so is the president a little late to the feast here? >> there were several governors, including andrew cuomo of new york and governor o'malley in maryland who were front and center on the marriage issue before the president, but -- and there are...
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judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not been murdered obviously. he didn't say anything about that. after the election when we had the hearing he then came out with a report that said by the way, on whitewater and the travel office and the fbi files the clintons did nothing wrong. he was investigating five things. three of them, he exonerated the president totally. there were four pending. three of them -- one was critical. he sent us only the critical ones. they were saying at the time -- i said to him why didn't you -- tell us that? it was basically i'm only here to tell you bad news. but anyway, i felt good abou
judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not...
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so bill clinton adopted the policy. it was pretty clear early on it was not working. and president obama vowed that he was going to end it. it took him three years to end it. but he did. but in that runup to ending it, remember what we heard from everybody was this is horrible. this is going to ruin the military. there was a letter signed by more than 1,000 military officers who said repeal of don't ask don't tell, would undermine recruiting efforts negatively affect troop readiness and eventually break break the all volunteer force. that's what we heard from a thousand military people before. and of course, president obama refused to go along with that. he refused to listen to them. he had the pentagon do its own study which said that they were ready for this. and it would not have an adverse impact on recruiting, et cetera. would not get -- interfere with the ability of the military to do their job or the esprit decore of the military so he signed the repeal last september. even so, right-wingers didn't give up. remember during the primaries this was a big issue. ri
so bill clinton adopted the policy. it was pretty clear early on it was not working. and president obama vowed that he was going to end it. it took him three years to end it. but he did. but in that runup to ending it, remember what we heard from everybody was this is horrible. this is going to ruin the military. there was a letter signed by more than 1,000 military officers who said repeal of don't ask don't tell, would undermine recruiting efforts negatively affect troop readiness and...
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we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on. congress back in session and trying to deal with the fiscal cliff. so is president obama. all anybody is talking about is all of the latest with the david petraeus sex scandal. think about it. two generals, two famous generals, two top generals, two women. you got politics involved. you got the military involved. you got maybe national security documents involved. i'm telling you, how long before we see the hollywood movie? which is going to be first? the book or the movie or the tv series? who knows. maybe all three. we'll get into that and a w
we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on....
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we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >> bill: republicans have gotten religion over revenues and over the pledge and they really haven't when you look at it. let me suggest something else. this is really i know radical, okay. obama won, romney lost. why are we even having this discussion. >> it's interesting, their proposal will become income brackets where they are and just change the deductions. basically the romney campaign's tax -- [ technical difficulties ] >> bill: the mortgage interest deduction, right? health care, perhaps, child care. so republicans are really saying that we'll -- i hate to use this phrase, because it's almost cliche, but we will avoid the fiscal cli
we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >>...
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i don't think bill clinton was against gay marriage in 1996. it was an election year. he knew if he vetoed it and said i believe in equality for all citizens, there was a good chance bob dole could have beaten him. sometimes taking the mean route not caring about the little guy serves the greater good. i think we see politicians doing this all the time in the democratic party. while i would have liked to see barack obama show up and fight for the unions, i understand why he didn't. is that a fair defense of the president? >> a fair defense that he is putting politics and his reelection over being a strong leader? i think that that is a defense that continues to be used for a lot of politicians and i think personality that it's bull . >> no worries at all. here's the flip side of that argument. what if barack obama comes to the defense of the unions and the right wing hate machine uses that to smear him. >> what are they going to smear him with that he stood up for teachers? why would that necessarily. >> it didn't help him in wisconsin. bill clinton came to the defense
i don't think bill clinton was against gay marriage in 1996. it was an election year. he knew if he vetoed it and said i believe in equality for all citizens, there was a good chance bob dole could have beaten him. sometimes taking the mean route not caring about the little guy serves the greater good. i think we see politicians doing this all the time in the democratic party. while i would have liked to see barack obama show up and fight for the unions, i understand why he didn't. is that a...
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during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there were too many kids running around to be cooking. >> peter: how the mighty have fallen. >> photographed pumping his gas since he has no entourage to the pump it for him. >> a sad story, nothing to do. >> peter: i don't feel that bad about it. hanging out with his car elevator taking rides. spiritists one of his many homes. >> the author of the hunger games trilogy is taking a break by writing a children's picture book an auto guy graphic piece about coping with her father's military service in vietnam as told through pictures. >> bill: all right, dan, thank you. all of the talk on the sunday shows yesterday and talk here in
during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there...
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director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think of course she would be well qualified as secretary of state. but i feel bill clinton and al gore are such tremendous assets that -- >> john: this is my favorite call of the day so far. i have to break it up. i'm not sure i'm with you as susan rice for c.i.a. i don't know what her law enforcement or espionage or counter terrorism credentials are. >> caller: well, being with the nsa, her background there. i mean how qualified was petraeus for c.i.a. head? i'm thinking she is -- an international expert but also it would diffuse the whole issue of the nomination for secretary of state, you know, all of this flak that has been
director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think...
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yes. >> bill: here is bill clinton. >> there are mayors who are being told you have to move these houses back from the ocean climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. >> bill: let's get through the immediate relief efforts, and people are going to say, see climate change, see these water levels, this will be full-time levels, right? >> he managed to work in too that many of them are respects. >> bill: yeah, and bill clinton says i don't know why am i working so hard. >> i have worked very hard in this election, and i'm not running for anything. [ laughter ] >> bill: but some people is saying he has his eye on 2016 not for him, but somebody close to him. [ laughter ] >> bill: kerry is here in the studio with us. fawn johnson will join us to talk about fema later in the hour. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> overhead lines making news luke sky walker and mickey mouse will soon be roommates. disney is buying lucas films for $4 billion. george lucas is retiring soon but will still do consulting for disney. they are plans for at least
yes. >> bill: here is bill clinton. >> there are mayors who are being told you have to move these houses back from the ocean climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. >> bill: let's get through the immediate relief efforts, and people are going to say, see climate change, see these water levels, this will be full-time levels, right? >> he managed to work in too that many of them are respects. >> bill: yeah, and bill clinton says i...
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bill clinton with nelson mandela's birthday. >> an eye tinkerary. >> it's like there is a new post he has created, which is the post -- i am the post-president. >> right. i think in a way a model was jimmy carter who travels the world, not clearly at the profile that bill clinton has but has had a big agenda a big agenda. i think he uses his presidential library as a launching pad more than having bill clinton has the library in arkansas, but his business base is in new york and his office there. so if you look at what former president w. is up to just his library, well all of this only lets me think, you know, what would the obama post presidency be like? else be so young when he is out of. i don't think so he will slip into anon i am itty. huffington post and keith ellison from min associated a who, despite what michelle bachmann says is not a member of the muslim brotherhood but first. >> but first. >> other headlines making news, lynsanity is done in new york city. can it survive in houston, texas as? nba star reported signing a $23.1 million deal with the rockets after the knicks
bill clinton with nelson mandela's birthday. >> an eye tinkerary. >> it's like there is a new post he has created, which is the post -- i am the post-president. >> right. i think in a way a model was jimmy carter who travels the world, not clearly at the profile that bill clinton has but has had a big agenda a big agenda. i think he uses his presidential library as a launching pad more than having bill clinton has the library in arkansas, but his business base is in new york...
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on bill clinton's remarks the other night gayle says bill clinton is the master at taking complex issues and making them as simple as arithmetic. he made me so excited and determined to make sure president obama gets re-elected! on emmanuel clever, rex block representative clever is indeed a baptist minister. he is a former two-time mayor of kansas city, missouri. didn't know that as well. but william and charles of pennsylvania say to me oh, bill, shut up! shut your fing pie hole and die. if you don't stop, we will permanently take you out. shall i report that to the secret service? i thank -- i think that's a death threat. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good friday morning. it is friday september 7 here. the "full court press" coming to you live from a very empty and being dismantled time-warner cable arena here in charlotte north carolina. site of the democratic national convention which wrapped up last night with a bang. joe biden and president barack obama of course making the case, accepting their party's nomination, making the case for the
on bill clinton's remarks the other night gayle says bill clinton is the master at taking complex issues and making them as simple as arithmetic. he made me so excited and determined to make sure president obama gets re-elected! on emmanuel clever, rex block representative clever is indeed a baptist minister. he is a former two-time mayor of kansas city, missouri. didn't know that as well. but william and charles of pennsylvania say to me oh, bill, shut up! shut your fing pie hole and die. if...
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i'm a fan of bill clinton thinking it should be safe legal and rare. taking your calls when we come back on the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) every news network will cover the convention. but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the "bill press show," i'm john fugelsang filling in for bill here in the waning minutes of the show. we have about a half hour left. i have had a real pleasure filling in. as a real fan of bill it is a real thrill to be here and suck up to his excellent staff. kate of "politico" is with us. are you there? >> i'm right here. how are you? >> john: not too shabby how are you? >> i'm good. >> john: i can only imagine how excited you
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bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak tonight. this is the time-warner cable arena. joe biden, john kerry will speak and many others. then thursday night the whole show moves to the 74,000 seat bank of america arena. there are two challenges there. one is to fill it up. 74,000 people. and the other of course, is to hope that it doesn't rain. we were told yesterday that they're preparing for all -- they're preparing to hold the event there rain or shine. but they're also making contingency plans. we're never sure quite what that means. some 5500 delegates. the oldest delegate to
bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak...
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and bill clinton himself said that mitt romney is lying, the "new york times" says mitt romney is lying, and the republican governors say mitt romney is lying. and now on top of that -- so that's big fat lie number 1, if you will. on top of that the romney campaign is out yesterday with a new ad accusing president obama no less -- and this is again another hhs or health and human services regulation -- remember when the president said we want do -- to make sure that obamacare covers all contraceptive services for women without a copay for all women across the board and then the president modified it to say if you are a catholic institution and you have a problem with women getting access to contraception because of the vatican's narrow interpretation today of catholic faith prohibited any means of contraception, but if you are in that narrow-minded camp you don't have to pay for it the insurance company will pay for it, but women will still be covered. here is mitt romney's ad about that yesterday. >> president obama used his healthcare plan to declare war on religion. mitt romney belie
and bill clinton himself said that mitt romney is lying, the "new york times" says mitt romney is lying, and the republican governors say mitt romney is lying. and now on top of that -- so that's big fat lie number 1, if you will. on top of that the romney campaign is out yesterday with a new ad accusing president obama no less -- and this is again another hhs or health and human services regulation -- remember when the president said we want do -- to make sure that obamacare covers...
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believe me bill clinton can tell ya, these guys can go a lot lower than they have gone. tulla from wisconsin good morning. >> caller: hi, john. i'm 67 years old, and i am a vietnam era veteran -- >> john: thank you for your service. >> caller: -- the biggest lie is that he is not a united states citizen. >> john: uh-huh. >> caller: they have an ad in milwaukee about women's rights and how the president is going to take it away and that's another great lie about what the president is going to do for our daughters and stuff, and if people would have watched the convention and all of the women that spoke and the different things -- >> john: exactly. >> caller: -- they know that this president is very compassionate and he is strictly for women. >> john: right on. thank you so much for your call. we'll be right back on the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. you've heard bill's views, now let's hear yours. politically dir
believe me bill clinton can tell ya, these guys can go a lot lower than they have gone. tulla from wisconsin good morning. >> caller: hi, john. i'm 67 years old, and i am a vietnam era veteran -- >> john: thank you for your service. >> caller: -- the biggest lie is that he is not a united states citizen. >> john: uh-huh. >> caller: they have an ad in milwaukee about women's rights and how the president is going to take it away and that's another great lie about...
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. >> bill: i will take colin powell and bill clinton. >> damn right! damn right. roberto tweeting at bp show at bp show, roberto says hillary clinton has already announced she's retiring as secretary of state. obama should offer the job to colin powell. in his second term. >> bill: well, he was already secretary of state. bring him back? >> under a democrat, he already served as a republican. shake things up. >> bill: that would be great. i would go for that. >> also an interesting comment from the cray hilliard, he says obama went to krispy kreme to buy doughnuts in florida. krispy kreme is a north carolina company. coincidence? i think not. >> bill: i didn't realize that. >> krispy kreme. >> bill: president obama took time out in los angeles to go to -- to tape the jay leno show. he was asked about the comments by republican senate candidate in indiana richard mourdock that there should be no exception when it comes to a ban on abortion, no exception for rape because that's all part of god's plan. president obama -- he didn't hesitate to take that on. >> obama:
. >> bill: i will take colin powell and bill clinton. >> damn right! damn right. roberto tweeting at bp show at bp show, roberto says hillary clinton has already announced she's retiring as secretary of state. obama should offer the job to colin powell. in his second term. >> bill: well, he was already secretary of state. bring him back? >> under a democrat, he already served as a republican. shake things up. >> bill: that would be great. i would go for that....
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jimmy carter george bush and bill clinton have also been there. obama paid cash for five chili dogs, four regular dogs and a cheese burger according to the white house pool report. >> did anybody else get anything. >> buying for jay carney and valerie jarrod but that's not confirmed. >> five chili dogs? >> four hot dogs and a cheese burger. >> to be fair, i will say this having been to the varsity many times and i was just there the other day or just a few months ago, i should say. not the other day. but their dogs are not very big. their chili dogs are not very big. they do have the regional specialty there known as the chili slaw dog and it's got chili and a bunch of cole slaw. >> you have to feel sick if you get one of those. >> a man who enjoys a chili dog, former michael phelps lost in the men's 40 omidley at the trials yesterday. he didn't lose. he just came in second. the world's record. >> second place, first lose other. >> >>. >> beaten by ryan lofty. they will head to the olympics. lofty has some catching up to do. phelps won 14 gold med
jimmy carter george bush and bill clinton have also been there. obama paid cash for five chili dogs, four regular dogs and a cheese burger according to the white house pool report. >> did anybody else get anything. >> buying for jay carney and valerie jarrod but that's not confirmed. >> five chili dogs? >> four hot dogs and a cheese burger. >> to be fair, i will say this having been to the varsity many times and i was just there the other day or just a few months...
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: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next innovation matters now more than ever. it doesn't matter who you are. she was trying to be cool. she walks in, bonus, bonus bonus, bonus. [ screaming ] by the way in heels, the same height. [ applause ] >> wow.
: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to...
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just like bill clinton was good for business. but no, they've got it in their head that because they're businessmen, because they're republicans, this very to support the democrats and they're dumb as hell because under a democratic president bill clinton they've never had better than under the democrats. if you look at the empirical evidence the best period of economic growth was under democrat bill clinton and the second best is under democrat barack obama and yet because they're buddies at the country club and the buddies in the chamber of commerce and their fellow ceo is saying well if i'm a businessman i have to be a republican then they vote republican and give money to the republican candidate. i mean they're dumb as hell but you know what else they are? they are heartless ungrateful bastards. they ought to be bay paying barack obama back for all of the good times they've had over the last three years. instead, it just drives me crazy. instead, they're out there supporting mitt romney. i gotta tell you man romney were in o
just like bill clinton was good for business. but no, they've got it in their head that because they're businessmen, because they're republicans, this very to support the democrats and they're dumb as hell because under a democratic president bill clinton they've never had better than under the democrats. if you look at the empirical evidence the best period of economic growth was under democrat bill clinton and the second best is under democrat barack obama and yet because they're buddies at...
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administration during the monica lewinsky scandal approximate conversations were not what bill clinton had, they were what his staff had. fox news knows this. this is part of the usual trickery they are involved in. it's ridiculous, they ought to be ashamed, but they're going to keep doing it. you are listening and watching the big press show. [[vo]]joy behar is on current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? >>forget it. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press >> welcome back, david shuster sitting in for bill on this thursday morning june 21. we are talking about president obama, eric holder, the assertion of executive privilege yesterday in the face of congressional efforts to get republican hands on documents that the justice department, documents about the justice department deliberations over how to deal with a congressional inquiry into this gun running operation, fast and furious to essentially law guns t
administration during the monica lewinsky scandal approximate conversations were not what bill clinton had, they were what his staff had. fox news knows this. this is part of the usual trickery they are involved in. it's ridiculous, they ought to be ashamed, but they're going to keep doing it. you are listening and watching the big press show. [[vo]]joy behar is on current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear...
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good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour now. busy day here on the "full court press" this thursday, december 6th. good to you have with us today. don't forget, you can join the conversation any time at 1-866
good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having...
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>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted >>he bragged about voting for the $87 billion to support our troops before he voted against it. >>in this new media age a flip-flop ad is just a verbal gaff away. >>current tv's look at campaign ads that changed history is brought to you by pradaxa. now >> this is the full court press, the bill press show, live on your radio and on current tv. >> now it's a beautiful wednesday morning, here in our nation's capitol. good to have you with us for the full-court press 33 minutes after the hour now. a lot to cover today including this disturbing news from what's happening in syria and
>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the...
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and instead, what we ought to do is go back to the policies of bill clinton which brought us the eight most successful economically most successful years that we've had in modern times. tim, good to hear from you. let's take one more. michael is in jonesboro, georgia. hey, michael, good morning. >> caller: good morning, how you doing? >> bill: yes, sir, what's your take on this? >> caller: my take on it is that's a very stark distinction that mitt romney doesn't have what it takes to be ceo, commander in chief of the united states. if he can listen to rush limbaugh, sarah palin on decisions like this, he has no foreign policy experiences and not only that, this just goes to show also that this is the second time amongst many times that he's shown no compassion for the troops over in afghanistan. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: i pay homage to -- he didn't pay homage to them at the convention. right here yesterday, he should have more compassion for those souls that were lost. instead, he wants to double down because he is willing to say and do anything in order to try to achieve what hi
and instead, what we ought to do is go back to the policies of bill clinton which brought us the eight most successful economically most successful years that we've had in modern times. tim, good to hear from you. let's take one more. michael is in jonesboro, georgia. hey, michael, good morning. >> caller: good morning, how you doing? >> bill: yes, sir, what's your take on this? >> caller: my take on it is that's a very stark distinction that mitt romney doesn't have what it...
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congress impeached bill clinton over oral sex and now david petraeus is forced to resign over an affair? looks like we americans are still living in the victorian age. get over it. tomorrow, very exciting. we're going to take a look at a very, very important program the white house fellows and you'll get to meet three of this year's white house fellows only right here on the "full court press." have a good day. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
congress impeached bill clinton over oral sex and now david petraeus is forced to resign over an affair? looks like we americans are still living in the victorian age. get over it. tomorrow, very exciting. we're going to take a look at a very, very important program the white house fellows and you'll get to meet three of this year's white house fellows only right here on the "full court press." have a good day. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
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perhaps most notably bill clinton. the romney camp is featuring clinton's welfare reform in a series of new ads against the president. but today team obama is taking clinton back for themselves. here he is in a new ad called fair choice. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground, up. investing in innovation, education and job training. >> that ad starts running today in eight key states including florida, ohio and virginia. this week marks the anniversary of president clinton's welfare reform. even though major fact checking groups say romney's welfare ads are totally false, he is still sticking by those claims. romney's surrogate john sununu is weighing in as well saying obama is weakening work requirements. of course, we know that isn't true. the president's plan actually aims to add 20% more people to the work force. and going back to what john has been
perhaps most notably bill clinton. the romney camp is featuring clinton's welfare reform in a series of new ads against the president. but today team obama is taking clinton back for themselves. here he is in a new ad called fair choice. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground, up. investing in innovation, education and job...
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so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing. what i wrote about the clint eastwood thing, it was a little jarring. okay, a lot jarring. but i said i suspect this will play differently outside of the filing center here in tampa and it did. did it move the needle? i don't think so. again, it gave everybody something else to talk about that took the romney campaign out of its message which is at base what's happening day after day after day. they just can't get back on message. >> bill: rach gailen is a guest, republican strategist and the founder and editor in chief of mullings.com. excellent blog if you want to know -- i think some
so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing....
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he has bill clinton. >> sounds like she's had enough campaigning. she said if romney doesn't win the white house this time, they are done running for president. we are live in chat, see you there. commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> now that's politially direct. >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at 7 eastern. only on current tv. build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home his work here is done. destroy time machine. win some awards, send in brady. that's how you do it. eas
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the second case the supreme court took has to do with the defense of marriage act signed by bill clinton shamefully in 1996, which defines marriage under federal law as one man/one woman. but since then, there has been an amazing turnaround in public attitude and public acceptance of same-sex marriage. remember just a few years ago, there were, like 10 or 11 constitutional amendments up in the same year inch 10 or 11 states put on there by right-wingers who were using that as a way of deriving conservative -- driving conservatives to the polls. it was when george bush first ran, they could get the him elected overall gore or whatever. but did he have a huge success for the same-sachsey -- anti-same-sex marriage people. there are nine states which allow recognized same-sex marriage, massachusetts, iowa, vermont, new york, connecticut, new hampshire. i think hawaii is on that list too. one, two, three, four, five. and the district of columbia plus the state of this year just added, maryland and washington plus, remember the president of the united states himself, who used to be on the fenc
the second case the supreme court took has to do with the defense of marriage act signed by bill clinton shamefully in 1996, which defines marriage under federal law as one man/one woman. but since then, there has been an amazing turnaround in public attitude and public acceptance of same-sex marriage. remember just a few years ago, there were, like 10 or 11 constitutional amendments up in the same year inch 10 or 11 states put on there by right-wingers who were using that as a way of deriving...
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>> and bill clinton and a couple of other people. >> bill clinton and ed randal saying, this is unfair for you to attack mitt romney that the bain which the obama campaign i think, to its credit had not given up on. bill burton hasn't given up. they keep making the case that mitt romney says i am a businessman. look at my record at bain. i know how to create jobs. they say when you look at bain he was destroying jobs. >> they created jobs in singapore. >> this criticism seems to be working for obama. >> it is working. he specially in those swing states where focus have experienced outsourcing jobs going overseas and so that is what they have he'sed on. this is, of course, a story we ran in the washington post, i think it was last friday all about bain being an army investor in companies that were trying to figure out the whole idea of outsourcing jobs. >> yeah. >> and taking jobs overseas. they were obviously very, very worried about the story. they were very much confronting the washington post. >> they tried to get you to retract it. >> they did not. we will not. it's a wonderfully w
>> and bill clinton and a couple of other people. >> bill clinton and ed randal saying, this is unfair for you to attack mitt romney that the bain which the obama campaign i think, to its credit had not given up on. bill burton hasn't given up. they keep making the case that mitt romney says i am a businessman. look at my record at bain. i know how to create jobs. they say when you look at bain he was destroying jobs. >> they created jobs in singapore. >> this criticism...
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>> bill: it's math, arithmetic. >> it's arithmetic, i love that. >> bill: the 47%. >> the bill clinton thing it's arithmetic. but pinning romney down, it's like trying to glue jell-o to a sponge. there's no, you know, it's... >> bill: but, you know, sacred heart high school in san francisco where i used to teach and where i was the debate coach in high school there right the rule is if somebody tells a big fat lie and you don't shoot it down that lie stands, so the people watching television hear mitt romney tell these lies and obama doesn't respond. people think romney's telling the truth. >> he's got to do pants on fire. >> bill: always good to have you in studio. >> check my e book. >> bill: we'll put a link on our website. i'll be back with a quick parting shot. thanks. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the big. >> bill: on this monday, october 15, my parting shot for the day as my days her
>> bill: it's math, arithmetic. >> it's arithmetic, i love that. >> bill: the 47%. >> the bill clinton thing it's arithmetic. but pinning romney down, it's like trying to glue jell-o to a sponge. there's no, you know, it's... >> bill: but, you know, sacred heart high school in san francisco where i used to teach and where i was the debate coach in high school there right the rule is if somebody tells a big fat lie and you don't shoot it down that lie stands, so the...
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>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted against it. >>he bragged about voting for the $87 billion to support our troops before he voted against it. >>in this new media age a flip-flop ad is just a verbal gaff away. >>current tv's look at campaign ads that changed history is brought to you by pradaxa. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin,
>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the...
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act. >> of course, bill clinton wasn't actually black. i was shocked to learn. [ laughter ] yeah, no, i think it works. i think it is fine. i don't think it is going to ruffle too many feathers. >> bill: it just proves that today almost -- you can do or say -- >> you can make a joke about it. whatever. >> bill: you can do or say anything. we all know what it is there for. to sell magazines. >> do you have to be impressed with carney about taking the 50 some questions about the gay marriage issue. that's a lot of stamina. >> bill: i was more impressed with the press corps not letting him squirm. not letting him off the hook. >> it does seem that was part of the pivot point in their decision about how quickly to roll things out. you know, yes. do they see the biden transcript on friday before it aired on sunday? did they have a sense they might have to jump? sure but when the entire front row and every network anchor says -- nobody believes it. i mean that was -- and it was broadly the sentiment of everyone in the pressroom for the past yea
act. >> of course, bill clinton wasn't actually black. i was shocked to learn. [ laughter ] yeah, no, i think it works. i think it is fine. i don't think it is going to ruffle too many feathers. >> bill: it just proves that today almost -- you can do or say -- >> you can make a joke about it. whatever. >> bill: you can do or say anything. we all know what it is there for. to sell magazines. >> do you have to be impressed with carney about taking the 50 some...
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i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up with anything that makes sense because romney has $5 trillion -- $5 billion in tax cuts on top of which he's got another billion dollars in -- i'm sorry trillion. $5 trillion in tax cuts. another trillion getting rid of the bush tax cuts and $2 trl in more spending for the pentagon. the president said that's $8 trillion and there's no way he's going to come up with enough getting rid of enough loopholes or deductions to make up for that. so it doesn't add up. nobody can make it add up. and greg from denver, colorado. hello, greg, good morning. >> caller: how you
i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up...
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>> i'm waiting for them to really seriously start circling hillary clinton. kelly ayotte in her statement yesterday indicated that that's where she's headed. >> bill: oh, really. >> yeah. >> bill: the other thing i thought that lindsey graham may have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag. back to cats again, yesterday, when he said i remember what happened with john bolton. so this could be payback time for democrats blocking the nomination. >> ooh interesting. >> bill: as u.n. ambassador under george bush. and bush ended up appointing him as an interim appointment or whatever they call that. right? >> which he can't do anymore. >> bill: so that could be what this is all about. but of course, john bolton is the one who said we ought to lop off the top ten floors of the u.n. he was hardly qualified to be u.n. ambassador. victoria jones in studio with us. we'll be joined very shortly by dan from the center for american progress. keep the conversation going. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you
>> i'm waiting for them to really seriously start circling hillary clinton. kelly ayotte in her statement yesterday indicated that that's where she's headed. >> bill: oh, really. >> yeah. >> bill: the other thing i thought that lindsey graham may have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag. back to cats again, yesterday, when he said i remember what happened with john bolton. so this could be payback time for democrats blocking the nomination. >> ooh interesting....
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bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is nothing legitimate about the a rapist but to rather, i was putting that in, in the wrong place, making the point, that there were people who use false claims like those that basically created roe versus wade. what an idiot. the two are not connected. right? the first thing he said was, quoting this doctor john wilke who is a nutball doctor. by the way, that mitt romney has as a supporter and endorser and mitt romney says he is his go-to person on issues of abortion. the same nutball that todd akin follows, and todd akin says a woman who is raped is not going
bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is...
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i respect his success david: speaking of fans, bill clinton -- peter: you made me nauseous. i respect his situations. david: i respect bill clinton's taste in the television commercials now that we know one of his favorites is this one. >> when your cable is on the fritz, you get frustrated. when you get frustratedimitates. when your daughter imitates she gets thrown out of school. when she gets thrown out of school, she meets undesirables. when she meets undesirables, she ties the knot with undecipher abels and then you get a grandson with a dog clar. don't have a grandson with a dog clar. get rid of cable and upgrade to directv. call 1-800-directv. >> that was a hell of a commercial. by the way, that's the guy who does the voiceovers for cbs news 60 minutes. >> cool. >> dan henning, what have you got? dan: well first off, a tweet from jacki schechner. she has challenged you to a justin beiber dance-off. get your shoes and get ready. inspots, not even close in the nba finals game 5 last night, miami heat beating the oklahoma city thunder with un21 to 106 to win the champion
i respect his success david: speaking of fans, bill clinton -- peter: you made me nauseous. i respect his situations. david: i respect bill clinton's taste in the television commercials now that we know one of his favorites is this one. >> when your cable is on the fritz, you get frustrated. when you get frustratedimitates. when your daughter imitates she gets thrown out of school. when she gets thrown out of school, she meets undesirables. when she meets undesirables, she ties the knot...
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bill clinton, same thing. jimmy carter. let's go down the list. not all but former governors have kind of surpassed being a senator or a member of congress. in fact, remember one of the things about barack obama was no senator has been elected since john f. kennedy so it ain't gonna happen. proof we're not always right about these things either. julie mason is in studio with us. a pro and good friend with the sirius x.m. p.o.t.u.s. channel from noon to 3:00 east coast right? >> mm-hmm. >> bill: every day. >> channel 124. >> bill: sirius x.m. here on the "full court press" as a "friend of bill" today. we'll be right back and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no.
bill clinton, same thing. jimmy carter. let's go down the list. not all but former governors have kind of surpassed being a senator or a member of congress. in fact, remember one of the things about barack obama was no senator has been elected since john f. kennedy so it ain't gonna happen. proof we're not always right about these things either. julie mason is in studio with us. a pro and good friend with the sirius x.m. p.o.t.u.s. channel from noon to 3:00 east coast right? >> mm-hmm....
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that doesn't get you near -- >> bill: bill clinton said in charlotte, it is arithmetic. >> it's math. >> bill: right. you mentioned -- i want to come back -- the other thing the republicans have put on the table, of course, is entitlement. they will only consider new revenue if democrats come forth with entitlement reform. by entitlement reform, let's be honest. they mean getting rid of medicare, getting rid of medicaid. >> structural reforms. >> bill: and privatizing social security. >> it was good to hear yesterday jay carney the white house press secretary, i don't know if you were there. taking social security off the table. it's not a problem. it hasn't contributed to the deficit. that's off the table. they're open to medicare. they've been open to changing provider payments which there is a lot of waste there. encouraging pharmacy companies to give medicare and medicaid better rates. those are all positive reforms. those are big savings. so we can take and find savings from the provider side. it is when you go after the beneficiaries that you run into problems but look, you know
that doesn't get you near -- >> bill: bill clinton said in charlotte, it is arithmetic. >> it's math. >> bill: right. you mentioned -- i want to come back -- the other thing the republicans have put on the table, of course, is entitlement. they will only consider new revenue if democrats come forth with entitlement reform. by entitlement reform, let's be honest. they mean getting rid of medicare, getting rid of medicaid. >> structural reforms. >> bill: and...